Eye-protector.



Patented July 11, 1916.

- F. H. REXTREW.

EYE PROTECTOR.

APPLICATIQN HLED JAN. 7 9H5- I A? F .1. T

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

sew r FRANK mxmw, or HAMMOND, INDIANA, nssieiqon o ROBERT MALCOM, or

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

EYE-PROTECTOR.

vcitizen ofthe United States, residing at :I-Iannnond, Lake county, Indiana, have inlvented certain new and useful Improvements in Eye-Protectors, of which the following, taken in connection with the drawing, is a description.

My invention relates to eye protectors of the class formed of thin, flexible transparent material having a binding, also of flexible material, extending around the outer ends thereof. fl I Heretofore some difiiculty has been experienced in securing a binding of the cl ass,de'

scribed to the body of the eye protector so that it would not pull apart at the meeting ends of the bonding and atthe curve extending over the. bridge of the nose, and 5 other places. v I My improvement consists in providing a reinforcing strip of light, flexible material, which at the center of the protector extends transverselythereof, havin portions of the same secured with the binding of the body of the protector, and having means for engaging and securing the binding material at the points specified so that it cannot become I loosened or detached from the body of the protector.

.In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated what I now consider the preferred'for of, my construction, although it is obvious the details may be modified to suit. different forms or styles of the protectors as they are. constructed, and in these drawi gs; i I

'Figure 1. is a front elevation of the eye protector as it appears when completed;

Fig. 2 'is a transverse sectional view of the I 2 same taken on line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3

- is a perspective view of the body of the eye,

.j protector with the binding removed and the reinforcing strip in position before being attached; and Fig. 4 is a detailtaken on line 4. 4. of Fig. 3.-

Referring to the drawings A represents '7 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 11, 1916.

Application filed January 17, 1916. Serial N 0. 72,458.

which is preferably of darker colored material than the body and having greater light obstructing properties, whereby the eyes of the wearer may be protected from the rays of a brilliant light.

In'the construction of the eye protectors, the ventilation openings 6. are provided preferably at opposite ends of the body A, and the end portions of said body'are folded or overlapped and secured together by eyelets b', or other suitable means;

Abinding material B, whibh in this instance 15 preferably of rubber tubing having first. .been--slit' along one side thereof, receivesthe outer edges of the body of the protector A, and extends entirely around the same. This binding is preferably adhesively secured to the body portion of the protector, the meeting ends thereof abuting each other at the center of the'prote ctor at the upper edge thereof, at 0..

G. is areinforcing stripof material which extendstr-ansversely of the body of, the eye protector at the center thereof, preferably at the front or outside of the protector, and is provided at each end with a tongue 0', C The body of said reinforcing strip C is curved inwardly at each edge thereof as at d, cl, so as not to obstruct the vision, and is\ provided with laterally extending projections (Z (Z (Z4, (5 upon each side thereof, the outer edges of which projections are parallel with the adjacent edges; of the protector.' The edge 'of each of these projections which -meets the corresponding edge .of the body portion of the protector is re ceived' and inclosed within the binding materialB and firmly secured in place, leaving the tongue C, C projecting outside of said binding, After said. reinforcing strip has been secured in place and the binding attached th'reto, the tongues C, C are folded aroundtlie outside of the binding strip 13 and secured to the inside of .the protector body by means of the eyelets or other fastenings'e, 3'. These eyelets pass through the reinforcing strip andthe protector, as shown more clearly in Fig. 2, thereby securely holding the binding in place over the bridge of the nose, and also at the top of the protector. wherethe meeting ends of the binding come together.

At the outer ends of the protectors where the material forming the body portion is folded and overlapped to extend at an angle 1. An eye protector formed of flexible transparent material, a binding around the outer edges thereof, an independent reinforcing strip extending transversely of the protector at the center thereof, and means 'for securing said strip to the protector.

2. An eye protector formed of a flexible transparent material, a flexible binding ar ranged around the outer edges thereof, an independent reinforcing strip extending transversely of the protector at the center thereof, said strip having a tongue projecting'from each end which extends around the outside of the binding, and means for securing the same to the body of the pro tector.

3. An eye protector formed of a single piece of flexible transparent material, a flexible binding inclosing the edges ofithe protector, an independent reinforcing strip extending transversely of the protector at the center thereof, said reinforcing strip being curved inwardly upon each side and having laterally extending projections near the top and bottom thereof, and means for securing the same to the body of the protector.

a. An eye protector formed of a single piece of flexible transparent material, a flexible binding incasing the edges of the protector, an independent reinforcing strip extending tansi'ersely of the protector at the center thereof, said strip having laterally extending projections near the top and bottom thereof, the outer ends of said projections extending approximately parallel with the edges of the protector body and being secured thereto with the binding,

tongues extending from the top and bottom of said reinforcing strip, said tongues being folded around the outside of the binding, and means for securing the same in fixed position.

5. An eye protector formed of a single piece of flexible transparent material having the ends thereof folded to extend at an angle to the plane of vision, means for securing the folded portions together, a flexible binding incasing the outer edges of the body of the protector, separate reinforcing strips folding around the outside of the binding, and means for securing said reinforcing strips to the body of the protector.

6. An eye protector formed of a single piece of flexible transparent material having the ends thereof folded and secured together to extend at an angle to the plane of vision, a flexible binding incasing the outer edges of the body of the protector and being 'adhesively secured thereto, reinforcing strips having portions secured with said binding and portions folded around the outside of the binding and secured to said body portion, substantially as described.

7. An eye protector formed of flexiblc 'ifi transparent material having the ends thereof formed to extend at an angle to the plane of vision, a binding around the outer edges of said protector, a separate reinforcing strip extending transversely of the center of said protector folding around theedges of the protector and the binding, and separate reinforcing strips at the ends of the protector, and means for securing them around the binding to the protector.

8. An eye protector formed of flexible, transparent material having the ends thereof formed to extend at an angle to the plane of vision, a binding around the edges of the protector, a separate reinforcing strip folded around the binding at each end of the protector, and means for securing the same to the body of the protector.

9. An eye protector formed of flexible, transparent material having the ends thereof formed to extend at an angle to the plane of vision, a binding incasing the edges of the protector, the ends of said binding meet ing at the center of the top edge of the protector, an independent reinforcing strip extending transversely of the center of the protector and havin tongues projecting from the top and )ottom thereof, said tongues folding around the outside of the binding, means for attaching said tongues through the body of "the reinforcim strip and the eye protector, separate reinforcing strips at the ends of the protector which fold around the binding, and means for attaching said last named strips to the body of the protector.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification this 15th day of January, 1916.

FRANK H. REXTREW. 

